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The whole point of WordPress is themes and plugins. If you aren’t going to use them, why even bother for a landing page. Just throw together some static HTML.

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Well, the other "whole point" of Wordpress is that non-technical people can modify their website without involving a developer.

I wonder how many newbie contractors learn this every year when they set up a static site generator for their first client's brochure website and then realize that static site generators are for developers, not someone who just wants to keep their restaurant menu updated every month.

There is a middleground, with flat file CMS. I setup a Kirby install for a client not used to any sort of online administration and they're doing just fine.

Kirby looks interesting[1], and the $109 flat-fee license shouldn't be too much for most businesses, it is probably more than most individuals would pay to set up their holiday photo blog etc. I wonder if they considered a free-for-noncommercial license? I guess they do let you run it locally to see if it works for you, which is friendly.

1: https://getkirby.com/

While it technically does require a license, they never go after you or restrict what you can do with the software. I think if you email for official help they won't assist without a valid license number. I do think it's bad form that they discontinued the personal/non profit license which was about 30% cheaper.

Looking into it for my own needs, I find the number of instances where you need something else than plain static HTML far smaller than people would expect.

its the same about saying "linux is worthless because the whole point are apps that you need to install and they may be insecure"...

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